Lovington (New Mexico)

Lea County

35-44490

Lovington is a city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, which in the census had 9471 inhabitants in 2000. It is located in Lea County and is the county seat of which ( County Seat). Lovington Lovington Airport has the own airfield.

Geography

Lovingtons geographical coordinates are 32 ° 57 'N, 103 ° 21' W32.946388888889 - 103.35361111111 ( 32.946459, -103.353618 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.4 km ², of which 12.3 km ² of land and 0.1 km ² omitted ( = 0.42 %) to water.

Public Library in Lovington

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 9471 people Lovington. The population density was 766.6 people per km ². There were 3823 housing units at an average 309.4 per km ². The population consisted of Lovingtons 59.85 % White, 3.03 % African American, 0.78% Native American, 0.48 % Asian, 0.06 % Pacific Islander, 32.74 % reported other races to belong and 3.06 % from two or more races. 52.12 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Lovingtons distributed to 3297 households out of which 41.6 % were living in children under 18 years. 57.0 % married couples living together, 13.0 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4 % were non-families. 22.8% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 11.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size is 3.29 people.

The population was spread out with 31.8 % under the, 10.9% 18-24 year olds, 25.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 18.8% 45-64 year olds and 12.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 94.3 men.

The median household income in Lovington was $ 26,458, and the median family income reached the level of 30 064 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 28 547 U.S. dollars, compared to 19 826 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 12,752 U.S. dollars. 22.1 % of the population and 20.1 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 28.1 % of minors and 16.2 % of those age 65 or over.

  • Place in New Mexico
  • Place in North America
  • Lea County
  • County Seat in New Mexico
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